Vol 61 No 8 | NIGERIA Oil behaving badly 16th April 2020 The clean-up of Delta oil spills is still being held up by feuding politicians, bureaucrats and businesses as low oil prices hit public finances As oil prices crash to an 18-year low in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, weakening global demand, and a price war, President Muhammadu Buhari's spending plans are...
Vol 66 No 11 | NIGERIA Tinubu wants to borrow $24 billion ahead of 2027 elections 30th May 2025 After two years of harsh reforms, the government aims to win back support with the country’s biggest ever public spending programme As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was preparing to mark two years in power on 29 May, his allies in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) declared the 73-year-old...
Vol 43 No 13 | NIGERIA Some winners and losers 28th June 2002 Union Bank, First Bank and United Bank for Africa control over a third of the sector. Mid-level banks range from stars to the technically insolvent. Small banks often...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIATELECOMS Who can you call? 28th February 2011 Another attempt at privatising fixed-line operator Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd. (Nitel) and mobile operator Mtel has failed.
Vol 44 No 5 | NIGERIA Outgunning the opposition 7th March 2003 Shaky administration and growing political violence threaten the credibility of April's national elections The political scene has been ominously quiet as several constitutional issues rumble. The most serious is whether the 18 April presidential election can be held within President Olusegun...